Lionel Walden - 'The Steelworks, Cardiff at Night' - I just couldn't resist adding this oil painting to the set by Lionel Walden. It is of the East Moors Iron and Steel works at night during its heyday around the turn of the twentieth century. [439] [450]

As a young boy I can recall the red/orange glow which lit up the entire sky over the docks from a viewpoint waiting on Cardiff General Station on an evening as the Bessemer converters were spewing out their sparks.

Henry Bessemer invented the steelmaking process in 1845 where air was blown under pressure through molten pig iron to produce various grades of carbon steels. Oxygen from the air blast combined with the carbon in the iron to form carbon monoxide providing a spectacular 'fireworks' display